Research Catalog

Title

The impact of unions on United States economy-wide productivity / Kenneth G. Wilson.

Author

Wilson, Kenneth G., 1952-

Publication

New York : Garland Pub., 1995.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Description

xiv, 204 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

Provides a detailed analysis of the union nonunion productivity relationship over time using the Brown-Medoff framework of analysis. Puts forward an alternative framework for assessing the overall effect of union density on economic growth.

Series Statement

Garland studies on industrial productivity

Uniform Title

Garland studies on industrial productivity

Subject

• Since 1945
• Geschichte 1948-1983
• Labor unions > United States > Econometric models
• Labor productivity > United States > Econometric models
• Economic history
• Labor productivity > Econometric models
• Gewerkschaft
• Arbeitsproduktivität
• Lineares Regressionsmodell
• labour productivity
• trade union
• trade unionization
• econometric model
• collective bargaining
• wages
• wage differential
• inflation
• efficiency
• profitability
• statistical table
• productivité du travail
• syndicat
• syndicalisation
• modèle économétrique
• négociation collective
• salaire
• disparité des salaires
• efficacité
• rentabilité
• tableau statistique
• productividad del trabajo
• sindicato
• sindicalización
• modelo econométrico
• negociación colectiva
• salario
• diferencia del salario
• inflación
• eficiencia
• rentabilidad
• cuadros estadísticos
• United States > Economic conditions > Econometric models. > 1945-
• United States
• USA
• USA
• Etats-Unis
• Estados Unidos

Genre/Form

• bibliography.
• bibliographie.
• bibliografía.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-200) and index.

Contents

Ch. 1. Unions and Productivity: Some Context. 2. Union Goals and Policy. 3. The Bargaining Process. 4. Unions and Economic Performance. 5. Measuring Productivity -- Ch. 2. Time Series Linear Regression Tests of the Brown-Medoff Model. 2. The Brown-Medoff Model. 3. Data and Choice of Variables. 4. Weaknesses of the Warren Study. 5. Empirical Results. 6. A Further Linear Regression Test of the Brown-Medoff Model -- Ch. 3. A Nonlinear Regression Test of the Brown-Medoff Model. 2. Empirical Results. 3. A Comparison Between the Linear and Nonlinear Results. 4. An Additional Nonlinear Regression Test of the Brown-Medoff Model -- Ch. 4. A Pooled Cross-Section Time-Series Regression Test of the Brown-Medoff Model. 2. The Pooling of Cross-Section and Time-Series Data. 3. Productivity Change Under Unionism -- Ch. 5. Union Size and Economic Growth: An Alternative Framework For Analysis. 2. An Alternative Theoretical Framework. 3. A Comparison With the Brown-Medoff Model. 4. A Regression Test of the Models. 5. The Modelling Framework Modified. 6. Regression Results from the Alternative Models.

ISBN

• 0815319894
• 9780815319894

LCCN

94024077

OCLC

• ocm31604393
• 31604393
• SCSB-2044478

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library